[PLUG-TALK] Economist: Open-source software has won

Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com
Fri May 29 18:22:05 UTC 2009


On Fri, 29 May 2009, Michael wrote:

> Mainstream media really, totally gets it.
> Oh wait, they also see a threat to our freedoms.
>
> Open-source software has won the argument. Now a new threat to 
> openness looms
>
> http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13740181

A large part of the PC's appeal back in the day was the computing and 
storage autonomy it provided vis-a-vis mainframes.

Funny, that hasn't changed...

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